Vase with painted floral decoration, in imitation of cloisonne, and gold figure handles. Stamped to base OLD HALL 1790. Dresser supplied a senes of dinner plate designs to Old Hall in 1884 and a number of other designs by the company for jugs and vases of a slightly earlier date have been attributed to him. This vase is one of a series of designs for vases which incorporate eccentric figures as handles on an otherwise fairly conventionally designed vase. [Spring '99]

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